An interactive web map displaying aircraft noise impact zones around Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac), with a heat map overlay showing high-intensity noise areas (dark red/maroon) concentrated along the north-south runway corridor. The affected communities visible include Burien, Normandy Park, SeaTac, and Tukwila, with highway routes including WA-518, WA-515, and I-5 corridor visible as reference points.
Interactive GIS map displaying multiple Day-Night Level (DNL) 65 noise boundary layers around Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, including the 1991, 2018, and proposed 2032 boundaries, along with noise remedy properties (9179 parcels under 1991 boundary, 2454 under 2018, 511 under proposed 2032), permanent noise monitors (24), and schools inside noise contours. The map covers the cities of Burien, Tukwila, SeaTac, Normandy Park, and Renton.
2025-10-09
The City of Burien sent this October 2025 letter to Port of Seattle Commissioners demanding a new, Port-funded program to repair or replace failed noise insulation packages installed in roughly 9,400 homes near Sea-Tac Airport since the mid-1980s. The city criticizes the Port's existing pilot program (SIRRPP) as inadequate, noting that none of the 30 homes evaluated qualified for repair or replacement and that many affected homes fall outside the boundary eligible for federal funding. Burien urges the Port to stop relying on federal or state dollars and instead model a solution after San Francisco International Airport's locally funded approach.
2025-10-09
The City of Burien sent this October 2025 letter to Port of Seattle Commissioners demanding a new, Port-funded program to repair or replace failed noise insulation packages installed in roughly 9,400 homes near Sea-Tac Airport since the mid-1980s. The city criticizes the Port's existing pilot program (SIRRPP) as inadequate, noting that none of the 30 homes evaluated qualified for repair or replacement and that many affected homes fall outside the boundary eligible for federal funding. Burien urges the Port to stop relying on federal or state dollars and instead model a solution after San Francisco International Airport's locally funded approach.
2025-10-06
The City of Burien is calling on Port of Seattle Commissioners to overhaul their decades-old noise insulation program after hundreds of Port-installed soundproofing packages in homes near Sea-Tac Airport have degraded or failed with no repairs made. A 2024 pilot program contacted 3,000 homeowners but evaluated only 30, and none qualified for repair under the Port's narrow federal-funding criteria. Burien is urging the Port to fund a broader replacement program using its own resources, pointing to San Francisco International Airport's locally funded model as a potential template.
2025-10-06
The City of Burien is calling on Port of Seattle Commissioners to overhaul their decades-old noise insulation program after hundreds of Port-installed soundproofing packages in homes near Sea-Tac Airport have degraded or failed with no repairs made. A 2024 pilot program contacted 3,000 homeowners but evaluated only 30, and none qualified for repair under the Port's narrow federal-funding criteria. Burien is urging the Port to fund a broader replacement program using its own resources, pointing to San Francisco International Airport's locally funded model as a potential template.
2025-10-04
Airport Committee recommendation highlights program failures At Monday night’s meeting, the Burien City Council will be asked to support and transmit to the Port of Seattle Commission the following letter. The letter is a specific response to the Port’s 2024 Sound Insulation Repair Replacement Pilot Program (SIRRPP), which was intended to begin addressing documented problems
2025-06-26
Visualizing Port Package eligibility from 1991 until today A few weeks ago we wrote a post describing the work we had begun to improve our maps and charts and graphs. Here is one tiny example of how you can use them. This one minute video is a ‘fly-over’ of the DNL65 from 1991 until today
A 10-year guarantee certificate issued by Alpine Windows, a CFA Window Group Company based in Bothell, Washington, covering vinyl window and door products for the Upchurch Residence under Invoice #176536, dated February 27, 1997, and signed by President Paul D. Benson.
A 10-year guarantee certificate issued by Alpine Windows, a CFA Window Group Company based in Bothell, Washington, covering vinyl window and door products for the Upchurch Residence (Invoice #176536, dated February 27, 1997). The certificate is signed by Paul D. Benson, President, and covers defects in materials and workmanship but excludes acts of nature, glass breakage, and products not installed by Alpine Windows.
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